So, on one hand they have all this infrastructure, and all these massive profits; on the other hand they cannot update their own infrastructure to keep their customers happy and unbothered.
So where did all those profits go? They've just confirmed my belief that they were never "plowed" back into maintaining and developing the infrastructure. Far from being "too big to fail", I'd say they're "too big to succeed". Wesley Parish On Mon, 24 May 2010, ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: > I just got sent the following email from Telecom: > > ============================================================ > Update from Telecom > ============================================================ > > Important news about the Big Time Broadband plan > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Hi Kerry > > You may have heard that the Big Time Broadband plan is coming to an end. > The decision was not made lightly and we're sorry that we cannot continue > to provide a plan with no monthly data allowance. However, the ongoing > traffic management challenges involved with maintaining an innovative plan > like Big Time have now made it unsustainable. > > To minimise the inconvenience, all Big Time customers will be recommended > suitable broadband plans based on their recent broadband usage. We'll be > sending a letter in the coming weeks setting out your options, including > what you need to do if you choose to disconnect your broadband. > > Yours sincerely > > Ralph Brayham > Director of Home > Telecom > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Craig Falconer > > > > <cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz> wrote: > >> True flat-rate starts at $1k/month. Â There will not be a real domestic > >> all-you-can-eat connection for double-digits/month. > > > > That may be true in most of NZ, and it's probably related to the > > physical infrastructure monopolies. But down here in Dunedin I'm > > connected to WIC via wireless; flat-rate 1Mbps for $75/month. I don't > > get things so fast, but I don't have to keep track of how much data > > I'm using. > > > > So it can be done, all you need is an ISP run by someone who cares > > about what the Internet really is ... > > > > -jim -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- George Kelischek - "To impress those high-tech computer types, tell them what an Ocarina really is: an animal-activated-solid-state-multi-frequency-sound-synthesizer." ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
